Welcoming the Holy

Here we invite you to take time for yourself in personal prayer. The following spiritual reflection offers words and images which we hope will evoke for you an experience of God.

Opening
Prayer

O
God, Trinity in Unity, our minds and hearts cannot understand the mystery of
your being. We are Your creatures; we believe Your word; we know Your guiding
presence. We praise You for Your love and mercy and ask for the grace to
persevere in love and fidelity to You. Praise to You Source of all Being. Word
and Spirit, now and forever. Amen.

Reading

Matthew 28:18-20Jesus sends his
disciples to make disciples of all nations.
Jesus came and said to
them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given
to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to
obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always,
to the end of the age.”

Reflection

The Solemnity of the Holy Trinity invites us to remember that
God has revealed himself to us as one God in three Persons. For
many years I was challenged to fully understand the meaning of this feast,
three persons in One? God as Father and Creator; God as Son who is manifested
as a human like us; and God as the Holy Spirit. Perhaps one way of
understanding the Trinity is to see this feast as a reflection of the many
qualities of God; which is characterized by God’s love, expressed through
community.

This 14th
century icon or image of the Trinity by the Russian artist, Rublev represents
three persons of God around a table. Each person is the same, yet individually,
they represent a different quality of God. We see the unity of the three, and
at the same time, there is an open space so that others, like you and me, are
welcomed to the table as well.

The Solemnity of the Holy Trinity offers us the opportunity to experience the many ways God is revealed to us; no
matter where we might find ourselves. We can experience God as creator on a
beautiful day. We experience Jesus in the Eucharist and at the same time we can
experience God as expressed through another person, by their kind act or word. And we can experience God through the gifts
of the Holy Spirit –
The
spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The spirit of right judgment and courage
The spirit of knowledge and reverence
The spirit of wonder and awe in God’s presence

In order to see God,
we need to be on the lookout for God and the many ways God is present to us
every day, believing we each are welcomed to God’s table…

Closing Prayer

God the
Creator, You made us in Your image and likeness,
May we respond
to that gift of life and move toward fullness of love.
God the Son,
you call all people to equality,
May we imitate
your self-emptying humility.
God the Holy
Spirit, Your love liberated the world,
May we be open
to that love and share liberation with others.
Jesus, Savior
of all,
Infuse us with
your zeal for your reign in heaven and on earth.
Mary, called to
be Mother of God, always open to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit,
May we live
your fidelity to the movement of grace.
Joseph, given
to us a patron,
May we serve
others as you served Jesus and Mary.